Keith Chandler, Journey Christian Church
In Matthew 7, Jesus talks about building two houses. One builds on sand and as soon as the tide comes in, there goes the house. The next guy builds it on rock. It was very difficult to build on rock. It took time, effort, and patience, but if you did it it paid off.
Jesus says when you build on the rock, then God will give you an unshakeable life.
Here’s what that means for us. There will be moments when storms come. There will be moments of crisis. But you will not be crushed because your life is built on the rock.
There will be moments you feel lonely, times when you feel like no one gets you. Maybe times you feel alone because your parents have died. But here’s what Jesus says. When you have built on the rock, you always have a good father and you’re never alone. Your life is built on the unshakeable rock of God.
When you do that, then God builds an unshakeable life in you. And that’s something all of us want. The question is, how do we do that? It has a lot to do with golf (some of you just woke up).
I was stunned to discover all my years playing putt-putt with a windmill and a clown’s mouth didn’t prepare me for golf. The perfect golf swing has countless steps before you swing the club. But I’m going to boil it down to two things to advance a ball. You have to have a backswing and a follow through.
In this passage, Jesus tells us how to get an unshakable life. It’s as simple as a backswing and a follow through.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24
Jesus says, “Hear these words of mine and put them into practice.”
Love God, and love people. When you do that, then God will build an unshakeable life for you. Isn’t that what we all want?
Spiritual Maturity is directly related to the length of time between hearing the word of God and doing it. It’s not about how much you know, or how many years you’ve gone to church. It’s about have you heard it, and have you done it?
So let me ask you, when you hear about forgiveness, how long does it take for you to do that? Because Jesus says hear the word of God and do it. Then you build an unshakeable life.
Until next month, Keith
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